CVE-2014-3859 (GCVE-0-2014-3859)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-06-13 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:57
VLAI
Summary
libdns in ISC BIND 9.10.0 before P2 does not properly handle EDNS options, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by an attack against named, dig, or delv.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01166/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68193 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01171/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/58946 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030414 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2014-06-11 00:00
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